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"Come unto Ale, all ye that labor and are heavy
laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke
upon you, and
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learn of Me; for I am meek and
lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your
souls. For My yoke is easy, and My burden is
light." Matt. II: 28-3o.
SABBATH SCHOOL LESSONS
ON THE
Life
and
Teachings,
of
Jesus
As Recorded in the Book of Matthew
SENIOR DIVISION
THIRD QUARTER
1915
Lesson 1 — With or Against Christ
JULY 3,
1915
DAILY STUDY OUTLINE
Sabbath
Read the lesson scripture
Sunday
Help in Jesus
Ques. 1-3
Monday
Undivided service
Ques. 4-S
Tuesday
"He that is not with Me is against
Me"
Ques. 9-1.1
Wednesday ...Make the tree good or evil
Ques. 12-15
Thursday
Law of good and evil; seriousness
of idle words
Ques. 16-18
Friday
Review the lesson
Read "Desire of Ages," pages 321-323
LESSON SCRIPTURE : Matt.
12 : 22-37.
Questions
1.
Who was brought to Jesus to be healed? Matt.
I2: 22,
first part.
2.
What did Jesus do for him? Verse
22,
last part.
Note I.
3.
How did this miracle affect the people? What did
they say ? Verse 23.
4.
What did the Pharisees say about it? Verse 24.
4
SABBATH SCHOOL LESSON QUARTERLY
5.
Why did Jesus speak to the Pharisees ? Verse .25,
first part.
6.
What general principle did He lay down? Verse
25, last part.
7.
How did He apply it to the work of Satan?
Verse 26.
8.
By what question did He confuse the Pharisees?
Verse 27. Note
2.
9.
How only did Jesus cast out devils? Of what was
this an evidence ? Verse 28.
10.
By what illustration does Jesus make His mean-
ing clear ? Verse 29.
1. What general declaration does He make? Verse
3o. Note 3.
12.
What does Jesus say about forgiveness? Verse 31.
13.
What distinction does He make as to what shall
be forgiven and what not? Verse 32. Note 4.
14.
What course does He mark out for every one?
Verse 33.
15.
How does He rebuke hypocrisy ? Verse 34. On
what general principle ?
16.
How does He express the law of good and of
evil? Verse 35.
17.
What solemn declaration on idle words does Jesus
make ? Verse 36.
18.
What will justify or condemn in the Judgment?
Verse 37.
Notes
1.
Although this verse does not specifically mention the cast-
ing out of the devil, this was included in the miracle, as shown
by the contention taken up by the Pharisees on this occasion.
In fact Luke makes the casting out of the devil the principal
feature, with the restoration of speech a result. Luke Is:
1
4. •
2.
After showing the charge by the Pharisees to be absurd
in the nature of the case, Jesus put them to further confusion
by revealing their hypocrisy. They were condemning in Him
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what they sanctioned in their own children, or disciples. These
latter could therefore be judges of such a two-faced course.
3.
Even Christians are in danger of assuming that there is
a middle course of action, some neutral ground to walk upon.
They do not want to be reckoned
against
Christ, are not ready
to admit in their own hearts that they are; yet many are not
positively enough
for
Him to leave no man, nor their own con-
sciences, without doubt as to where they stand. Christ is satis-
fied with nothing less than the whole man —body, soul, and
spirit.
4.
In commenting on the unpardonable sin, Dean Mansel says:
"The sin is not a single act, but a spirit of hostility to Christ
manifesting itself in continued acts. If this be the case, there
is no reason why any repentant sinner should despair of salva-
tion under the fear that he has committed this sin. The fact
of his repentance itself shows that his state of mind has not
been that of entire enmity, that he has not so grieved the Holy
Spirit as to be finally forsaken by Him." The unpardonable sin
is the sin that refuses pardon.
"There are none so hardened as those who have slighted the
invitation of mercy, and done despite to the Spirit of grace. The
most common manifestation of the sin against the Holy Spirit,
is in persistently slighting Heaven's invitation to repent. Every
step in the rejection of Christ is a step toward the rejection of
salvation, and toward the sin against the Holy Spirit. In re-
jecting Christ the Jewish people committed the unpardonable
sin; and by refusing the invitation of mercy, we may commit the
same error."—"Desire of Ages," page 324.
Lesson 2 — Repentance and Obedience
JULY IO,
1915
DAILY STUDY OUTLINE
Sabbath
Read the lesson scripture
Sunday
The sign of Jonah
Ques.
1-3
Monday
Repentance
Ques. 4,5
Tuesday
Keep the heart clean
Ques. 6-10
Wednesday ...Relationship to Jesus
Ques. 11-15
Thursday
Review
Friday
Read "Desire of Ages," pages 323-32:
LESSON SCRIPTURE
: Matt. I2 : 38-50.
Questions
I. What did certain scribes and Pharisees say to
Christ? Matt.
12 : 38.
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2.
How did Jesus answer them? Verse 39. Note i.
3.
In what way was Jonah a sign, or type, of Christ?
Verse 4o.
4.
Whom will the men of Nineveh condemn in the
Judgment? Why? Verse 41.
5.
Why will the queen of the south condemn unbe-
lievers ? Verse 42.
6.
What is the state of an unclean spirit when ban-
ished from the human heart? Verse 43.
7.
What does he determine to' do ? Verse 44, first part.
8.
In what state does he find the desired abode ? Verse
44, last part.
9.
What help does he seek in his wicked purpose ?
With what result? Verse 45, first part.
To. What is now the state of that man? Verse 45, last
part. Note
2.
I. Who were waiting outside to speak with Jesus
while He taught? Verse 46.
12.
How was His attention called to them ? Verse 47.
13.
With what questions did Jesus answer His in-
former? Verse 48.
14.
What did He then do and say ? Verse 49.
15.
What impressive lesson did He make of this simple
incident? Verse 5o. Note 3.
Notes
T. In the record of both Matthew and Luke, this conversation
between Christ and' the Pharisees seems to be connected with
that arising from the casting out of devils. If so, their asking
a sign in the face of His healing the demoniac was all the more
significant of hard-heartedness and unbelief.
2.
In applying this parable to that generation, Jesus points
out the awful condition into which the unrepentant heart will
finally come. The heart that is unyielding to the wooing of the
Holy Spirit, exposes itself to the attack of evil spirits, and ulti-
mately yields to their complete control.
3.
Jesus does not deny that it was a signal blessing to be His
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earthly mother. Luke i i : 27, 28. He rather confirms it. Yet
it was small in comparison with the blessing that comes from
hearing and keeping the word of God.
Lesson 3 — Living by the Word
JULY
17, 1915
DAILY STUDY OUTLINE
Sabbath
Rend the lesson scripture
Sunday
Seeds by the wayside
Ques. 1-4
Monday
Seeds in other places
Ques. 5-S
Tuesday
Importance of the parable — Its
interpretation begun
Ques. 9-12
Wednesday ...Lessons from seed sowing
Ques. 13-16
Thursday
Hearing and understanding — Re-
view
Ques. 17-19
Friday
Read "Christ's Object Lessons,"
pages 33-61
LESSON SCRIPTURE : Matt. 13: 1-9, 18-23.
Questions
T.
What did Jesus do after the visit of His mother
and brethren? Matt. 13 : I.
2.
When the multitudes came, where did He and they
take position ? Verse
2.
3.
In what effective way did Jesus teach them ? How
did He begin? Verse 3.
4.
What feature of the sowing is first mentioned?
What was the outcome? Verse 4.
5.
Where did some of the other seed fall ? With what
immediate result ? Verse 5.
6.
What happened to the plants later? Verse 6.
7.
Where else did some of the seed fall? With what
result? Verse 7.
8.
Where did still other seed fall? Verse 8. With
what result ?
9.
What call to attention shows the importance of this
parable ? Verse 9. Note I.
Io. How does Jesus introduce the interpretation of
this parable? Verse 18.
SABBATH SCHOOL LESSON QUARTERLY
1. What does the seed sown by the wayside represent?
Verse 19, first part. Note
2.
12.
What happens to this word of the kingdom? Verse
19, last part.
13.
Who is represented by him that received the seed
into stony places ? Verse
20.
Note 3.
14.
What is the outcome in this case? Verse 21.
Note 4.
15.
Who is represented by him that received the seed
among thorns ? Verse
22,
first part.
16.
What is the result in this instance? Verse
22,
last
part.
17.
Who is represented by him that received the seed
into good ground? Verse 23, first part.
18.
What is the result of hearing and understanding
the word ? Verse 23, last part.
19.
What is suggested by the various degrees of fruit
bearing? Compare Matt. 25: 14, 15.
Notes
I. "That with which the parable of the sower chiefly deals is
the effect produced on the growth of the seed by the soil into
which it is cast. By this parable Christ was virtually saying to
His hearers, It is not safe for you to stand as critics of My
work, or to indulge disappointment because it does not meet
your ideas. The question of greatest importance to you is, How
do you treat My message? Upon your reception or rejection
of it your eternal destiny depends."—"Christ's Object Lessons,"
pages 43, 44.
2. Bear in mind through this interpretation that the seed
represents the "word of the kingdom," and the soil the heart
of the hearer. The various conditions of the soil indicate con-
ditions of the heart. The fruitage itself represents elements of
character, and deeds of love in the life, not only of the in-
dividual who receives the word, but also of every other to
whom he may minister that word. In the missionary sense, the
hundredfold, the sixtyfold, and the thirtyfold may represent the
souls brought to a saving knowledge of the gospel by various
workers.
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3.
The words "forthwith" (verse 5), "anon" (verse 20), and
"by and by" (verse 21), are all the same word in the original,
and mean
immediately.
It is sometimes translated elsewhere
straightway.
4.
The word "offended" here, as usually elsewhere in the Gos-
pels, means
caused to stumble,
or, more literally still,
entrapped,
ensnared.
Lesson 4 — Parable of the Tares
JULY
24, 1915
DAILY STUDY OUTLINE
Sabbath
Read the lesson scripture
Sunday
Parable of the tares
Ques. 1-3
Monday
Harvesting the wheat and the tares. Ques. 4-0
Tuesday
Interpretation of the parable.
Ques. 10-15
Wednesday .. The end of the world
Ques. 16-19
Thursday
Review
Friday.
Read "Christ's Object Lessons?
pages 70-75
LESSON SCRIPTURE
: Matt. 13 : 24
-
30 ; 3
6-
43-
Questions
I. What other parable did Jesus put forth? Matt.
13 : 24.
2.
What took place while men slept? Verse 25.
3.
When did the tares appear? Verse 26. Noted.
4.
What questions did the servants ask the husband-
man ? Verse 27.
5.
How did he answer them? Verse 28, first part.
6.
What did the servants then ask? Verse 28, last
part.
7.
Why did he bid them not gather out the tares?
Verse 29. Note
2.
8.
How long should they let the wheat and the tares
grow together ? Verse 3o, first part.
9.. What would the
-
reapers do in the time of harvest?
Verse 30, last part.
IO
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io. After Jesus had sent the multitude away, what
request did the disciples make of Him? Verse 36. Note 3.
1. Who is the sower of the good seed? Verse 37.
12.
What is the field ? The good seed ? The tares ?
Verse 38.
13.
Who is the enemy that sowed the tares ? What is
the harvest? Who are the reapers? Verse 39.
14.
What is usually done with tares ? Verse 4o, first
part.
15.
When will the same be done with the tares of the
parable ? Verse 4o, last part.
16.
What will the angel reapers gather out of the
kingdom ? Verse 41.
17.
What is done with the doers of iniquity? How is
their terrible experience described? Verse 42.
18.
What will the righteous do ? Where ? Verse 43,
first part.
19.
What exhortation is given to all? Verse 43, last
part.
Notes
1.
The "tares" here mentioned are a kind of darnel, a poison-
ous weed. During growth, it is very similar in appearance to
wheat; but when it heads out, the grains are black, and easy
to distinguish from wheat.
2.
Of the darnel it is said that the roots of ten grow so closely
intertwined with those of the wheat that it is impossible to pull
up the one without rooting out the other. Not 'in this life is
the line drawn. The Lord sends rain on the just and the un-
just. But the harvest time is sure to come, and then will come
the separation.
"Christ has plainly taught that those who persist in open sin
must be separated from the church; but He has not committed
to us the work of judging character and motive. He knows our
nature too well to intrust this work to us. Should we try to
uproot from the church those whom we suppose to be spurious
Christians, we should be sure to make mistakes. Often we re-
gard as hopeless subjects the very ones whom Christ is draw-
ing to Himself. Were we to deal with these souls according to
our imperfect judgment, it would perhaps extinguish their last
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II
hope. Many who think themselves Christians will at last be
found wanting. Many will be in heaven who their neighbors
supposed would never enter there. Man judges from appear-
ance, but God judges the heart. The tares and the wheat are
to grow together until the harvest; and the harvest is the end
of probationary time."—"Christ's Object Lessons," pages 71, 72.
3. For "declare," the Revised Version has "explain." The
meaning of the parable was not clear to the disciples, especially
the feature of the tares. As they frequently did, so here they
asked Him for an explanation in private.
Lesson 5 — The Kingdom of Heaven
JULY
31, 1915
DAILY STUDY OUTLINE
Sabbath
Read the lesson scripture
Sunday
Growth of a grain of truth
Ques. 1-5
Monday
Truth like leaven; use of parables.. Ques. 6-12
Tuesday
Blessing of understanding
Ques. 13-16
Wednesday ...Ridden treasure; goodly pearl
Ques. 17, 1S
Thursday
Review
Friday
Read "Christ's Object Lessons,"
pages 76-79, 20-22, 103-121
LESSON SCRIPTURE
: Matt. 13 :
31
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35, 10
-
17, 44-46.
Questions
1.
To what else did Jesus liken the kingdom of heaven?
Matt. 13: 31. Note 1.
2.
How does a grain of mustard compare with other
seeds? Verse 32, first part.
3.
When the mustard plant is- grown, how does -it
compare with other herbs ? Verse 32, second part.
Note
2.
4.
What use is made of it by the birds? Verse 32,
last part.
5.
What lessons may we gather from this parable?
Note 3.
.6. What other parable did Jesus speak concerning the
kingdom of heaven? Verse 33.
7. What lesson is here illustrated? Note 4.
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8.
What effective means did Jesus use freely as He
taught the multitude? Verse 34.
9.
What prophecy was thus fulfilled ? Verse 35.
To. What question did the disciples ask Jesus after He
had spoken the parable of the sower? Verse 10.
How did Jesus answer them ? Verse i 1.
12.
What reason does He give for His answer? Verse
12.
Compare Matt. 25 : 29.
13.
How did Jesus explain His answer in verse II
?
Verses 13, 15.
14.
What prophecy was fulfilled in the Jews ? Verse 14.
15.
Why does Jesus call believers blessed ? Verse 16.
16.
How did He emphasize the value of the privileges
enjoyed by the believers of His day? Verse 17.
17.
By what parable did Jesus illustrate the joy and
earnestness of the man who has found Christ? Verse 44.
18.
By what parable did Jesus illustrate the value set
upon the pearl of great price by the one who seeks for
it? Verses 45, 46.
Notes
i. It was proverbial among the Jews to employ the mustard
seed to denote anything very small, as Jesus also did in this
parable and in Matt. 17: 20 and Luke 17: 6.
2.
The common mustard of Palestine grows wild, attaining the
height of a horse and rider, as travelers have noticed.
3.
From the parable of the mustard seed we may gather
several lessons: that the word of God may lodge in a man's
heart, take root, and grow, before its fruits become outwardly
apparent in that man's life; that no matter how small a part of
the Word may be received (by word of mouth, in a tract, or
otherwise), it has in itself power to work a great transformation
in the life; that the working of the Spirit on a man's heart may
not be discernible to others at first, even when he is sensible
of it himself. We must sow in faith, and God will give the
increase.
"Not only is the growth of Christ's kingdom illustrated by
the parable of the mustard seed, but in every stage of its growth
the experience represented in the parable is repeated. For His
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church in every generation God has a special truth and a special
work. . . . And in this last generation the parable of the mus-
tard seed is to reach a signal and. triumphant fulfillment. The
little seed will become a tree. The last message of warning and
mercy is to go to 'every nation and kindred and tongue,' to
take out of them, a people for His name.' And the earth shall
be lightened with His glory."—"Christ's Object Lessons," pages
78, 79.
4. The lesson of the mustard seed is here repeated in a dif-
ferent form. The farmer may think upon the power of God's
word as he sows the little seed, placing it out of sight beneath
the soil, to come forth later as a tender plant, which under his
care and God's blessing bears a hundredfold. The housekeeper
may meditate upon the silent working of the Spirit upon the
indifferent heart, as she mixes the leaven in her flour, and waits
patiently for the rising of the dough till she can bake her bread
and distribute it to the needy.
Lesson 6
—
The Carpenter's Son
AUGUST
7, 1915
DAILY STUDY OUTLINE
Sabbath
Read the lesson scripture
Sunday
Casting the net
Ques.
141
Monday
....
.
..The bad fish; things new and old
Ques.
6-10
Tuesday
The carpenter and prophet
Ques.
11-1S
Wednesday
.Evil of unbelief
"
Ques.
19
Thursday
Review
Friday
Read
"Christ's
Object
Lessons,"
pages 122-134
LESSON SCRIPTURE: Matt. 13 : 47-58.
Questions
I. To what is' the kingdom of heaven further likened?
Matt.' 13 : 47. Note I.
2.
What was done with the net when it was full?
Verse 48, first part.
3.
What did the fishermen then do? Verse 48, last
part.
4.
What time does the drawing of the net to the shore
typify? Verse 49, first part.
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5.
What does the sorting of the fish represent? Verse
49, last part.
6.
What was done with the bad fish ? Verse 48.
7.
What will be done with the wicked? Verse 5o.
8.
Did the disciples understand these parables? Verse
5
1
9.
What saying of Jesus was here fulfilled? Verse II.
1o. By what comparison did Jesus illustrate the work
of the Christian disciple? Verse 52.
I. What did Jesus then do? Verse 53.
12.
When He came into His own country, what did
He do ? Verse 54, first part.
13.
What was the effect of His teaching? Verse 54,
second part.
14.
What question did the people ask? Verse 54, last
part.
15.
How did they indicate their unbelief in His divine
origin? Verse 55.
16.
What question of their own could they not solve ?
Verse 56.
17.
What was the result of their reasonings? Verse
57, first part. Note
2.
18.
What pointed truth did Jesus utter to them? Verse
57, last part.
19.
What was the outcome of Jesus' teaching in His
own country ? Verse 58.
Notes
1.
How true it is that the gospel net, when it is cast into the
sea of humanity, gathers of every kind! The church has always
had its foes within as well as its foes without. Among the
twelve disciples were the bad as well as the good. Peter and
Paul were troubled with false brethren, while supported in their
labors by.loyal ones. So will it doubtless be to the end.
2.
This effort of Jesus to teach in His own country recalls
the first recorded instance of His standing up in the synagogue
at Nazareth, when He read from the book of Isaiah with such
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effect that the eyes of all were fastened on Him. Luke 4: 16 and
onward. At that time, the people began to talk of His family
connection; and as He sought to explain the meaning of what
He had read, they were filled with wrath, and rose up and
thrust Him out of the city. So here His longing to save His
own countrymen was disappointed by their foolish reasoning and
their unbelief.
Lesson 7 — Death of John the Baptist
AUGUST
14, 1915
DAILY STUDY
OUTLINE
Sabbath
Read the lesson scripture
Sunday
A. guilty conscience
Ques. 1-6
Monday
Rash promises
Ques. 7-11
Tuesday
John put to death
Ques. 12-15
Wednesday ...Compassion of Jesus
Ques. 16-19
Thursday
Review
Friday
Read "Desire of Ages," pages 214-225
LESSON SCRIPTURE
: Matt. 14 :
Questions
I.
Who heard of the fame of Jesus at this time? Matt.
14: I.
Note I.
2.
What did he say to his servants? Verse 2. Note
2.
3.
Why was Herod led to think that Jesus was John?
Verse 3, with Mark 6: 16.
4.
For what reason had Herod thus treated John ?
Matt. 14 : 4 ; Mark 6 : 17, 18.
5.
What did Herodias seek to do because of John's
testimony ? Verse 19.
6.
What did Herod want to do? Matt. 14 : 5. Why
did he not do it? Note 3. -
7.
What happened on Herod's birthday? Verse 6;
Mark 6 :
21.
8.
What promise did Herod make to the daughter of
Herodias ? Matt. 14 : 7 ; Mark 6 :
22, 23.
9.
What did she ask of him? Matt. 14: 8.
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Io. What led her to make such a request? Mark 6: 24.
Note 4.
1. How did Herod feel about the request? Matt.
14: 9, first part. Why? Mark 6 : 26. Note 5.
12.
Why did Herod heed the request of Herodias's
daughter ? Matt. 14 : 9, last part.
13.
What did he immediately do? Verse io ; Mark
6 :
27.
14.
What was done with John's head? Matt. 14: II.
15.
What did John's disciples then do ? Verse
12.
Note 6.
16.
After hearing the news of John's death, what did
Jesus do? Verse 13, first part. Why? Mark 6: 31.
17.
Who followed Him ? Matt. 14 : 13, last part ;
Mark 6 : 33.
18.
How did Jesus feel toward the people? Matt.
14: 14. Why? Mark 6 : 34.
19.
What did He do for them? Same verses.
Notes
1.
Everywhere Jesus went, His teaching and miracles stirred
the people, and set them to thinking and talking of what He
taught and did. This is the true meaning of fame. How often
it is said of Jesus that His fame went throughout the cities,
villages, and coasts of Palestine!
2.
Herod had not come into personal contact with Jesus, but
he had come into contact with His forerunner, John the Bap-
tist. The power accompanying the work of Jesus was so simi-
lar to that accompanying the work of John, that Herod mis-
took Jesus for John. So ought the life of every representative
of Jesus to be such that it will reveal the spirit and character of
the Master.
3.
The resentment of John's reproof by Herod and Herodias
was an indication of their guilt. As the Jews, when Christ
pointed out their sins, sought to kill Him, so would these rulers
put John out of the way. It would be just as reasonable for
a man to break a mirror because it showed that his face needed
washing.
q. The mother had long cherished enmity against John. When
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a wicked desire is cherished in the heart, Satan will usually see
that an opportunity is given to carry it out.
5.
Here is evidence that Herod himself had some conscience
about his wicked deed. This is shown also in his fear that
John had beer raised from the dead, and was clothed with power
to do even mightier works than before. Matt. 14: 2.
6.
"To many minds a deep mystery surrounds the fate of John
the Baptist. They question why he should have been left to
languish and die in prison. The mystery of this dark providence
our human vision cannot penetrate; but it can never shake our
confidence in God when we remember that John was but a
sharer in the sufferings of Christ. . . . Though no miraculous
deliverance was granted John, he was not forsaken. He had
always the companionship of heavenly angels, who opened to
him the prophecies concerning Christ, and the precious promises
of Scripture. . . . Not Enoch, who was translated to heaven,
not Elijah, who ascended in a chariot of fire, was greater or
more honored than John the Baptist, who perished alone in the
dungeon. . . . And of all the gifts that Heaven can bestow upon
men, fellowship with Christ and His sufferings is the most
weighty trust and the highest honor."—"Desire of Ages," pages
223-225.
Lesson 8 — Feeding the Multitude
AUGUST 21, 1915
DAILY STUDY OUTLINE
Sabbath
Read the lesson scripture
Sunday
Resting and healing
Ques. 1,2
Monday
"Bring them hither to Me"
Ques. 3-7
Tuesday
Feeding the multitude
Ques. 8-14
Wednesday ..."Apart to pray"
Ques. 15-17
Thursday
Review
Friday
Read "Desire of Ages," pages 359-371
LESSON SCRIPTURE
:
Matt. 14: 15-23.
Questions
I. Though Jesus, after hearing of the death of John,
went with His disciples into a retired place to rest, how
did He spend the day? Luke 9: II.
2.
Toward evening, what did His disciples say to Him ?
Matt. 14: 15. Note I.
3.
How did Jesus respond to them? Verse 16.
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4.
What answer did the disciples make ? Mark 6 : 37.
5.
What question did Jesus ask them? Verse 38.
6.
How much food did they find? Matt. 14: 17.
7.
What direction did Jesus then give? Verse 18.
8.
What did He command the multitude to do? Verse
19, first part.
9.
In what form did they sit down ? Mark 6 : 39, 4
0
.
Note 2.
io. What did Jesus then do? Matt. 14 : 19, middle
part.
1. What part did the disciples act? Verse 19, last
part.
12.
What did the multitude do? Verse
20,
first part.
13.
What was done with the fragments? Verse zo,
last part. How much was there ?
14.
How many of the people had eaten? Verse
21.
15.
What did Jesus immediately do ? Verse
22.
16.
Where did He then go? For what purpose? Verse
23, first part.
17.
Where was He when evening came? Verse 23,
last part.
Notes
I. Mark says, "that they may go into the country round about,
and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have
nothing to eat." Luke adds the idea of finding a lodging place.
Luke 9: 12. Evidently the multitude had brought no food with
them, not expecting, perhaps, to stay so long, but held by the
words and works of Jesus, they had lingered all day; or if they
had brought anything, it was eaten at midday, and they were
now hungry and faint.
2. Jesus would have the feeding of the multitude proceed
decently and in order. They were to sit down in a clean place
—
upon "green grass"; and "by companies"— that is, in the cus-
tomary form observed at a feast, as the Greek word
symposia,
"drinkings together," indicates. And they sat down "in ranks"
—
that is, in squares or double rows, with fifty in each single
row, or a hundred in each double row, the latter probably fac-
ing one another. This would make it easy for the disciples to
distribute the food, and for the multitude to be counted, fifty
of the double rows making five thousand.
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Lesson 9 —"Lord, Save Me"
AUGUST 28, 1915
DAILY STUDY OUTLINE
Sabbath
Read the lesson scripture
Sunday
Fearful in time of trouble
Ques. 1-3
Monday
"At Thy word"
Ques. 4-7
Tuesday
"Lord, save me"
Ques. 8-12
Wednesday ...Peace and worship; the hem of
His garment
Ques. 13-18
Thursday
Review
Frigay
Read "Desire of Ages," pages 377-3S2
LESSON SCRIPTURE : Matt. 14 : 24-36.
Questions
i. As the disciples were returning to the west shore
of Galilee on the day Jesus fed the five thousand, what
hardship did they encounter on the sea? Matt. 14 : 24.
2.
What did Jesus do in the fourth watch of the night?
Verse 25. Note 1.
3.
When the disciples saw Him, how did they feel?
What did they say? What did they do? Verse 26.
Note
2.
4.
What did Jesus immediately say? Verse 27.
5.
How did Peter answer Him? Verse 28.
6.. What did Jesus then say? Verse
29,
first part.
7.
How did Peter respond? Verse 29, last part.
8.
What caused Peter to be afraid? Verse 30, first
part.
9.
What was the result of this fear? Verse 3o, middle
part.
io. How did he seek help? Verse 3o, last part.
1. What did Jesus immediately do ? Verse 31, first
part.
12.
What did He say to Peter ? Verse 31, last part.
Note 3.
13.
When they came into the ship, what happened ?
Verse 32.
"LORD, SAVE ME"
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14.
What did those who were in the ship do? Verse 33.
15.
To what place did Jesus and the disciples come ?
Verse 34.
16.
What did the people of that place do? Verse 35.
17.
What faith in Jesus' power to heal did they show ?
Verse 36, first part.
18.
How was their faith rewarded? Verse 36, last part.
Notes
i. The night was divided into four watches of three hours
each. "In the fourth watch" would therefore mean from, three
to six o'clock in the morning. From this record we may infer
that Jesus spent most of the 'night in prayer,' while the disciples
had been battling against contrary winds, making so little head-
way that in the fourth watch they were only in the midst of
the sea."
2.
The word translated "spirit" here is not the one generally
used in the New Testament in such expressions as "Holy Spirit,"
or, "Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of," or, "Her
spirit came again." In these expressions, the word
pneuma
is
used; but in this exclamation of fear by the disciples, the word
used is
phantasma,
from which we get "phantom," with about
the same meaning as "apparition" or "specter." In our language
and time, the natural expression would have been, "It's a ghost."
Just what the disciples thought it was, need not trouble us. It
is sufficiently clear that they could not explain the phenomenon
of a man walking on the sea, and as some of us might have done,
called it a ghost. How cheering must the familiar voice of
Jesus have seemed to them in their strait!
3.
Peter's failure in the physical act of walking on the sea,
was owing to the same thing that brings failure to us many
times on the sea of life — doubt. It would teem to us an act of
great faith to step out of a boat upon a rough sea in the dark-
ness ; but Jesus called it an act of "little faith" for a man to
do what Jesus bade him, and with Jesus there personally to help.
It makes all the difference in the world whether our faith is based
on the definite word of God, or whether we look upon condi-
tions around us that seem contrary. It makes as great a differ-
ence whether we attempt a thing in our owfri strength or with
Jesus present to help.
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Lesson 10 — Heart Service
SEPTEMBER 4, 1915
DAILY STUDY OUTLINE
Sabbath
Read the lesson scripture
Sunday
Transgressing by tradition
Ques. 1-7
Monday
Lip and heart service
Ques. 8-10
Tuesday
Defilement and blindness
Ques. 11-16
Wednesday ...What is defilement?
Ques. 17-22
Thursday
Review
Friday _
Read "Desire of Ages," pages 395-398
LESSON SCRIPTURE :
Matt.
15 : 1-20.
Questions
i. What two classes of people came to Jesus? Matt.
15: i. From where?
2.
What question did they ask Jesus? Verse
2.
Note i.
3.
In response, what question did Jesus ask them ?
Verse 3.
4.
What commandment of God did He mention?
Verse 4, first part.
5.
What was the penalty for breaking this command-
ment? Verse 4, last part.
6.
What was the tradition of the Jews? Verse 5 and
first part of verse 6. Note
2.
7.
How did they by this means treat the commandment
of God? Verse 6, last part.
8.
In what class did this place them? Verse 7.
9.
What saying of Isaiah did Jesus apply to them?
Verse 8.
io. Was their worship acceptable to God? Why not?
Verse 9.
i
i. What did Jesus bid the multitude do? Verse io.
12.
What truth did He state to them ? Verse
11.
Note 3.
13.
What did the disciples say about this statement?
Verse
12.
14.
How did Jesus answer them? Verse 13.
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15.
What did He counsel the disciples to do ? Why?
Verse 14, first part.
16.
What will happen to blind leaders and followers?
Verse 14, last part.
17.
What request did Peter then make? Verse 15.
18.
What was Jesus' response? Verse i6.
19.
To what process of nature does Jesus allude in the
first part of verse II ?
Ans.
To the eating and digestion
of physical food. See verse 17.
zo. How did He interpret the last part of verse ii?
Verse I81
21.
How did He explain it more fully? Verse 19.
22.
What was His conclusion? Verse
20.
Notes
i. The charge brought against the disciples, that they did not
wash their hands when they ate, evidently referred to cere-
monial washing, not to the ordinary washing of the hands. The
complaint' was that in neglecting to wash their hands before
eating, the disciples transgressed the tradition of the elders ; but
so common and necessary a thing as the washing of the hands
could not have been a tradition. Jesus says, in verse 20, that
"to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man." That He
referred to moral, not physical defilement, is clear from what He
said of the things that do defile a man, in verse 19.
2. "They set aside the fifth commandment as of no conse-
quence, but were very exact in carrying out the traditions of the
elders. They taught the people that the devotion of their prop-
erty to the temple was a duty more sacred than even the sup-
port of their parents; and that, however great the necessity, it
was sacrilege to impart to father or mother any part of what
had been thus consecrated. An undutiful child had only to pro-
nounce the word `Corban' over his property, thus devoting it
to God, and he could retain it for his own use during his life-
time, and after his death it was to be appropriated to the temple
service. Thus he was at liberty, both in life and in death, to
dishonor and defraud his parents, under cover of a pretended
devotion to God."—"Desire of Ages," pages 396, 397.
A person might thus exempt himself from any inconvenient
obligation. The Jews permitted debtors to defraud creditors
by consecrating their debt to God.
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3. The Jews had formulated so many regulations of a cere-
monial and often trivial nature, whose disregard was said to
bring defilement, that there was, much confusion in the people's
minds between the commandments of God and the command-
ments of men. This is made evident by Peter's request for an
explanation of Jesus' statement about what "goeth into" and
what "cometh out of" the mouth. Jesus did not leave the dis-
ciples in any doubt about His meaning. Neither do His words
contradict the plain statement of the Bible with reference to
certain things that are "unclean" and thus unfit to eat.
Lesson 11 — The Fruit of Faith
SEPTEMBER II,
1915
DAILY STUDY OUTLINE
Sabbath
Read the lesson scripture
Sunday
"Have mercy on me"
Ques. 1-0
Monday
Great faith
Ques. 7-10
Tuesday
Healing, and glorifying God
Ques.
11-13
Wednesday ...Feeding the multitude
Ques. 14-22
Thursday
Review
Friday
Read "Desire of Ages," pages 399-405
LESSON .SCRIPTURE:
Matt.
15: 21-39.
Questions
I. Where did Jesus go? Matt. 15 :
21.
2.
Who came to Jesus out of that region? Verse
22,
first part.
3.
What appeal did she make to Jesus ? Verse
22,
last
part.
4.
What was the attitude of Jesus toward her request?
Verse 23, first part.
5.
What did the disciples urge Him to do? Why?
Verse 23, last part. Note 1.
6.
How did Jesus answer them? Verse 24.
7.
What did the woman then do and say ? Verse 25.
Note
2.
8.
How did Jesus answer her now ? Verse 26. Note 3.
9.
What was her response? Verse 27.
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io. In what language did Jesus grant her petition?
With what result? Verse 28:
1. What did Jesus next do ? Verse 29.
12.
Whom did the multitude bring to Jesus? What
did He do for them? Verse 30.
13.
What filled the multitude with wonder? What did
they do? Verse 31.
14.
What did Jesus say to the disciples about the multi-
tude? Verse 32, first part.
15.
What would He not do? Why ? Verse 32, last
part.
16.
What difficulty did the disciples see in the way?
Verse 33.
17.
What question did Jesus ask? What was the an-
swer? Verse 34.
18.
What direction did Jesus give? Verse 35.
19.
How were the multitude fed? Verse 36.
20.
How much did they eat? How much was left?
Verse 37.
21.
How many people ate? Verse 38.
22.
What did Jesus then do ? Verse 39.
Notes
T. The complaint of the disciples 'that the woman cried after
Jesus, indicates her earnest determination to obtain what she
sought. If the Lord does not answer our prayers immediately,
it is for some wise purpose. "I hid My face from thee for a
moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on
thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer." Isa. 54 : 8. It is pleasing
to the Lord and a blessing to us to press our petitions to the
throne of mercy, if we as according to His will. Men were
annoyed at the woman's importunity, but Jesus pronounced her
of great faith and granted her request.
2.
Notice how fully the woman identified herself with the in-
terests of her daughter. Her cry was, "Have mercy on
me,"
"Help
me,"
when her supplication was for the deliverance of
her daughter.
3.
It is likely that Jesus here made use of a familiar saying.
It is in the form of a parable. The "children" doubtless refer
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to God's chosen people Israel (see verse 24), and the "dogs"
to the gentiles, or unbelievers. Compare Rev. 22: 15. By her
faith in Jesus' power to heal, and by her perseverance in pray-
ing that He exercise it upon her daughter, this woman showed
that though a Canaanite by race, she was really a member of the
spiritual house of Israel.
Lesson 12 — Spiritual Discernment
SEPTEMBER 18, 1915
DAILY STUDY OUTLINE
Sabbath
Read the lesson scripture
Sunday
Discern the signs of the times
Ques. 1-5
Monday
The
sign
of Jonah
Ques. 6-S
Tuesday
Little discernment
Ques. 9-12
Wednesday . _Beware of men's doctrine
Ques. 13-16
Thursday
Review
Friday
Read "Desire of Ages," pages 404-409
LESSON SCRIPTURE : Matt. 16: 1-12.
Questions
i. What two classes now came to Jesus ? In what
spirit? Matt. i6: i, first part. Note i.
2.
What request did they make of Jesus ? Verse i,
last part.
3.
What common saying did their request for a sign
suggest to Jesus ? Verse
2.
4.
What was a common saying in the morning about
weather ? Verse 3, first part.
5.
What comparison did Jesus then draw? Verse 3,
last part.
6.
How did He characterize these seekers after a sign?
Verse 4, first part.
7.
What did He say about giving them a sign? Verse
4, middle part. Note
2.
8.
What did Jesus then do? Verse 4, last part.
9.
What did the disciples forget as they went with
Him ? Verse 5.
SABBATH SCHOOL LESSON QUARTERLY
io. What did Jesus say to them? Verse 6.
11.
How did they reason about His saying? Verse 7.
12.
How did Jesus reprove them? Verse 8.
13.
What pointed question did He ask them ? Verse 9.
14.
Of what other miracle did Jesus remind them?
Verse io.
15.
What further question did He ask them? Verse ii.
16.
How did they understand Jesus' saying in verse 6?
Verse
12.
Notes
i. Though the Pharisees and the Sadducees were opposed to
each other in many of their beliefs, and were often at enmity in
their dealings, yet they frequently united in their efforts to over-
throw the teachings of Jesus and weaken His influence. Here
they sought to "tempt" or test Him, that they might entangle
Him in His talk.
2. The sign that the Jews most needed had already been given
them — the sign of the prophet Jonah, with the lesson of Jonah's
message of repentance to Nineveh. This was also the message
of John the Baptist. If the Pharisees and the Sadducees could
have the experience of "repentance, this would clear up their
spiritual perceptions ; but without repentance and belief on the
Lord Jesus Christ, it would be useless to give them other signs.
Lesson 13 — Review
SEPTEMBER 25, 1915
DAILY STUDY OUTLINE
Sabbath
Likud the lesson scriptures
Sunday
Review Matthew 12
Ques. 1-3
Monday
Review Matthew 13
Ques. 1-3
Tuesday
Review Matthew 14
Ques. 1-3
Wednesday ...Review Matthew 15
Ques. 1-3
Thursday
Review Matt. 16: 1-12
Ques. 1, 2
Friday
Review chapter contents
LESSON SCRIPTURES:
Matt. 12 : 22 to 16: 12.
Outline and Questions
(See Note)
SABBATH SCHOOL LESSON QUARTERLY
CHAPTER 12
He That Is Not with Me Is. Against Me
1.
How did the Pharisees charge Jesus with being
against Himself ?
2.
What principles did He enunciate in response?
3.
What sign did Jesus give the Pharisees when they
asked for one?
CHAPTER 13
Teaching in Parables
1.
Give a list of the parables recorded in this chapter.
2.
Give at least one important lesson taught in each.
3.
Cite the experience of Jesus in. His own country
after the giving of these parables.
CHAPTER 14
Death of John; The Loaves and the Fishes;
Walking on the Sea
i. Give two important lessons from the narrative of
John's death.
2.
What principles of Christian living are illustrated in
the miracle of the loaves and the fishes ?
3.
What practical help have you gained from the rec-
ord of the walking on the sea, since we studied that les-
son?
CHAPTER 15
Heart Service; Prevailing Faith; Feeding the Hungry
i. Point out the lesson that Jesus developed from the
criticism of His disciples for not observing the ceremonial
washing of hands.
2. What circumstances led up to Jesus' calling the faith
of the Canaanitish woman great?
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3.
What added help do you get from the study of this
second miracle of loaves and fishes?
CHAPTER 16
Spiritual Disc'ernment
1.
How did Jesus deal with the lack of spiritual dis-
cernment by the Pharisees and the Sadducees ?
2.
How did He deal with the lack of it by His disciples ?
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